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360 Recent Literature. [May,

tion, he should require that the objects obtained shall be placed
in some of the museums of New York or Washington. The
educational interests of our country require all the aid that collec-
tions and museums can give, and future generations will doubtless
be increasingly awake to their importance, and will hold in high
esteem those who create or sustain them.

RECENT LITERATURE.

The Annual Report of the Hayden Survey for 1877. 1 —
This is another permanently valuable contribution to the geologi-
cal literature of the Western United States. The unusually fine
and numerous illustrations accompanying it, add much to its
value. Part I, geology and palaeontology, comprises over 600
pages, illustrated by seventy-six admirably executed maps and
sections, and ten plates illustrating invertebrate fossils.

This part is chiefly made up of reports by the chiefs of divis-
ions and districts, of which there are five. Dr. Endlich, in his .
Report on the Geology of the Sweetwater district, seems to have
given special attention to the mineral resources and economic
geology of that region, and it is illustrated by six admirably exe-
cuted geological sections of the country traversed. Dr. White's
Report on the Cretaceous fossils, illustrated by ten magnificent
plates, needs no comment, as the author's well-known reputation
is a sufficient guarantee of the quality of the work. Orestes St.
John has had charge of the work of the Teton division, which
seems to have been very thoroughly done, being illustrated by
thirty-nine maps and sections of the region traversed by his party.
The Green River division, in charge of Dr. A. C. Peale has done
good work, care being taken to give proper credit to those who
had previously worked in the same field ; twenty-nine maps and
sections, together with analytical and ordinary landscape views,
illustrate Dr. Peak's Report on the Green River country.

Part 11 relates to the topographical work carried on by A. D.
Wilson and Henry Gannett, topographers of the survey, by whom
the work of triangulation seems to have been conducted with
great care. Altogether, the volume before us is a good example
of the high degree of skill attained by Dr. Hayden and his assis-
tants, not only in carrying on their field work on a large scale,
but also in presenting its results in graphic and readily available
form for the use of the reading public.

Recent Books and Pamphlets. — Pakeontographica. Band xxvi, Heft 3.
Beitrage zur Kentniss der fossilen Fische der Karpathen, Von Dragutin Kramber-

1 Eleventh Annual Report of tke . United States Geological and Geographical Sur-
vey of the Territories, embracing Idaho and Wyoming, being a Report of Progress
of the Exploration tor the year 1877. By F. V. Hayden, United States Geologist.
8vo, pp. 720, 86 maps, plates and sections. Washington, D. C, 1879. Advance
copy, issued April, 1880.)

i88o.] Recent Literature. 361

ger, 4to, pp. 53-68. Heft 4. Die radiolarien Fauna der Tripoli von Grotte, Provinz
Girgenti in Sicilien, von Emil Stohr. 4to, pp. 70-124, pi. VII. Cassel. Theod.
Fischer. 1880.

Etude sur le Discoglosse. Par Fernand Lataste. 8 vo. pp. 71, pi. in. (Extr. des
Actes de la Societe Linneenne de Bordeaux, t. XXXIII, 1879.) From the author.

On the Iron Ore of Bartlett, N. H. By J. H. Huntington. 8vo. pp. 288-292.
(Extr. from Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. xx. 1879.) From the author.

The Ethmoid Bone in Bats. By Harrison Allen, M.D. 8vo. pp. 2. (Extr.
Bull. Mus. Comp. Zoology.) Feb. 1880. From the author.

On the Elongation and Plasticity of Pebbles in Conglomerates. By M. E. Wads-
worth, Ph.D. 8vo. pp. 313-318. (Ext. Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist.) From the
author.

The Young Scientist. Vol, I, No. 9. New York, Sept. 1878. From the pub-
lishers.

Annual Report of the Geological Survey of Wisconsin, for the year 1879. By T.
C. Chamberlin, Chief Geologist. 8vo. pp. 72. Madison, Wis. 1880. From the
author. With atlas in folio.

Proceedings of the Poughkeepsie Society of Natural Sciences. From Oct. 1st.,
1878 to July 1st, 1879. 8vo. pp. 72. From the society.

Etude sur les Poissons et les Reptiles des Terrains Critaces et Jurassiques
superieurs de PYonne. Par M. H-E. Sauvage. 8vo. pp. 20-84, pL VIn - (Ext.
Bull. Soc. des Sc. hist, et nat. de l'Yonne 3 ser, t. I.) From the author.

Materiaux pour l'Histoire<des Temps Quaternaires. Par Albert Gaudry. 2* Fas-
cicule. De l'existence des Saigas en France a l'epoque quaternaire. 4to, pp. 65—82,
pis. IV. Paris, 1880. From the author.

Physics and Politics; an application of the principles of natural selection and
heredity to political society. By Walter Bagehot. (No. 3 of Vol. I of Humboldt
Library of Popular Science Literature.) J. Fitzgerald & Co., New York. 1880.

On the Fertilization of Yucca. By Thomas Meehan. 8vo. pp. 4. (Repr. No.
Am. Entomologist.) From the author.

Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and Monthly Record of Geography.
Nos. 2 and 3, Vol. II, 1880. From the society.

On a new Genus and Species of Harpacticida. By P. O. Christopher Aurivillius.
8vo. pp. 16, pis. III. (Ext. K. Svenska Vet. Akad. Handlingar. Bd. 5, No. 18.)
Stockholm. 1879. From the author.

Statuts et Reglement de la Society Zoologique de France. Fondee a Paris en
1876. 8vo. pp. 14. Paris, 1877. From the society.

United States Entomological Commission. Bulletin No. 3. The Cotton Worm.
Summary of its natural history, with an account of its enemies, and the best means
of controlling it ; being a report of progress of the work of the Commission. By
Chas. V. Riley, M.A., Ph.D. 8vo. pp. 144, pi. 1. Washington, Government Print-
ing Office. 1880.

United States Entomological Commission. Bulletin No. 5. The Chinch-bug.
Its history, characters, and habits, and the means of destroying it or counteracting
its injuries. By Cyrus Thomas, Ph.D. Washington, 1879 (issued 1880). 8°, pp. 44..

Memoires de la Societe Royale des Sciences de Liege. 8vo. Tomes vn et vm
2e Serie. Bruxelles. Decembre, 1878. From the society.

The Journal of the Franklin Institute. No. 650, Vol.'cix. 1880. From the insti-
tute.

Eine neue Gattung von Scincoiden, aus New-Caledonien. By W. Peters. (Ver-
bal communication on Sauroscincus. Extr. from Sitzb. der Gesell. naturforschender
Freunde zu Berlin. 16 Dec. 1879.) 8vo. pp. 149-159. From the author.

Uber die Eintheilung de Ccecilien und insbesondere uber die Gattung Rhinatrema
und Gymnopis. By W. Peters. 8vo. pp. 624-943, pi. 1. (Extr. from Monatsber.
d. K6nigl. Akad. d. Wissenschaften zu Berlin, Nov. 1879.) From the author.

A hew species of Ophrydium [0. ada). By Hermann C. Evarts, M.D. 8vo. pp.
7. (Repr. Am. Monthly Microscop. Journ. Vol. 1, No. 1.) From the author.

VOL. XIV. — NO v. 24

362 General Notes. [May,

Uber neue Amphibien des Konigl. Zoologischen Museums (Euprepes, Acontias,
Typhlops, Zamenis, Spilotes, CEdipus.) By W. Peters. 8vo. pp. 773-779, pi. I.
(Extr. Monatsb. d. KQnigl. Akad. d. Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Aug. 1879.) From
the author.

Uber die Amphisbaenen und eine zu denselben gehorige neue Art. (Lepidosternon
Wuchereri.) By W. Peters. 8vo. pp. 273-277, pi. I. (Extr. Monatsb. de Konigl.
Akad. d. Wissenschaften zu Berlin, Marz, 1879. From the author.

Uber die von Hrn. Dr. G. A. Fischer in Ost afrika, von Mombas bis in das Pokomo-
Land und das sudliche Galla Land, unternommenen Reise eingesammelten Sauge-
thiere. By W. Peters. 8vo. pp. 829-832. (Extr. Monatsb. d. Konigl. Akad. d.
Wiss. zu Berlin, Oct. 1879.) From the author.

Embryogenie de l'Asteriscus verruculatus. Par le Dr. J. Barrois. 8vo. pp. 8,
pis. II. (Extr. de Journ. de l'Anat. et de Physiologie.) Paris. From the author.

Recherches sur le Developpement des Araignees. (Communication preliminaire.)
Par le Dr. J. Barrois. 8vo. pp. 529-547, pi. 1. (Extr. de Journ. de l'Anat. et de
Physiologic) Paris. From the author.

Sur quelques especes nouvelles au peu connues du terrain cretace du Nord de la
France. Par Charles Barrois. 8vo. pp. 449-457, pis. in. (Extr. des Ann. de la
Soc. Geol. du Nord. T. iv. 1876.) From the author.

Sur l'entendue du Systeme tertiare inferieur dans les Ardennes et sur les argiles a
Silex. Par Dr. Chas. Barrois. 8vo. pp. 340-376. (Extr. des Ann. de la Soc. Geol.
du Nord. T. VI, 1879.) From the author.

Le Marbre griotte des Pyrenees. Par le Dr. Charles Barrois. 8vo. pp. 270-300.
(Extr. des Ann. de la Soc. Geol. du Nord. Tom. vi, 1879.) From the author.

Catalogue of the Pacific Coast Fungi. (Published under the direction of the
California Academy of Sciences.) By H. W. Harkness, M.D., and Justin P. Moore,
A.M. 8vo. pp. 46. From the author.

Prodrome des Plesiosauriens et des Elasmosauriens des Formations Jurassiques
Sup6rieures de Boulogne-sur- Mer. Par M. H-E. Sauvage. 8vo. pp. 38, pis. II.
(Extr. from Ann. des Sciences Naturelles 6<= Serie. T. vm.) From the author.

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GENERAL NOTES.
BOTANY,

Fertilization of Flowers by Humming-Birds. — Prof. Beale's
note under the above title in the Naturalist for February in-
duces me to send the following observations, made in Alabama
in 1 879, which may be of some interest. The ruby throat was
often seen to get nectar from both sets of glands at the base of
the involucre about cotton flowers ; it was constantly seen at the
flowers of the low Oenothera sinuata; very often about those of
the May-pop (Passiflora incarnatd), the white flowered buck-eye
(JEsculus parviflora), the wild and cultivated morning-glories, the
yellow day-lily, the white oleander, several sorts of Pelargonium,
the lemon, fuchsia, larkspur, malvaviscus, zinnia, " sage-bush,"
and " osier willow." One night just about twilight one was seen
at the flowers of the gourd ; and I several times saw them about
the flowers of Lobelia cardinalis, where they usually acted much
like the one spoken of in the Naturalist for 1879, p. 431, though
the flowers were by no means always visited regularly from the
bottom of the raceme up. The flowers of Erythrina herbacea
were often visited by these birds, and appear to be adapted to